Quia respexit....

"Our Lady knew neither triumph nor miracle. Her Son preserved her from the least tip-touch of the savage wing of human glory. No one has ever lived, suffered, died in such simplicity, in such deep ignorance of her own dignity, a dignity crowning her above angels. For she was born without sin - in what splendid isolation! A pool so clear, so pure, that even her own image - created only for the sacred joy of the Father - was not to be reflected."


G. Bernanos 'The Diary of a Country Priest'